Means to prevent battering of new rails



April 22, 1930. J. E. BUSBY MEANS TO PREVENT BATTERING OF NEW RAILS 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Nov. 12, 1929 April 22, 1930. J. E. BUSBY 1 1,755,911

MEANS TO PREVENT BATTERING OF NEW RAILS Filed Nov. 12, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [Dy z/ /7 Z/ Y 4 5 k9 6 JE.Bua%-y Patented Apr. 22, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i J UN IUS E. BUSBY, OF JACKSON, KENTUCKY, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF TO MATT IDEA'ION,

- F CHAVIES, KENTUCKY MEANS TO PREVENT BATTER-ENG OF NEW RAILS Application filed November 12, 1929.

that is next to an old rail from being battered by the passage of a train from one of such rails to the other.

, The" invention has for a further object to provide means of the character stated which shall embody a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail and in contact with the end of the new rail so as to, in eflect, ar-

range the treads of the adjacent end portions of the rails in a common plane, to the end that 5 a train may pass from one of the rails to the other without battering the end of the new rail.

The invention has for a further object to v scrlbed and claimed, and illustrated in the acprovide means of the character stated where- I in the bridge plate shall be provided with a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail, and with a sloping tread portion inclining from the horizontal treadportion to the tread of the old rail so as to carry the wheels of the train from one of the tread portions to the other with the minimum of noise and jar.

The invention has for a further object to provide means of'the character stated which shall embody a member through the medium of which the bridge plate may be readily secured to one of the angle bars of the joint used to connect the new and old rails to permit the passage of the train during the laying of the new rails.

I The invention has-for a further object to provide means of the character stated where- 'in the bridge plate attaching member shall be adapted to be secured to the intermediate 40 bolts of the joint and wherein the attaching member shall be adapted to permit the bridge plate t'o'be adjusted vertically with respect to the joint, so as to permit the bridge plate to be used in connection with oldor worn rails of different heights.

The invention has for a further object to provide means of the character stated which shall embody a shim similar to the bridge plate and adapted to be secured thereon when the horizontal portion of the bridge plate, due

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to the wear in the rail, is located below the tread of the new rail, to the end that the old and new rails shall be provided with horizontally alined end thread portions.

The invention has for a further object to provide means of the character stated which shall be adapted to be used in connection with straight and curved rails, wherein the inner longitudinal edge of the bridge plate shall be adapted to be alined with the gage sides of straight rails on the mere application thereof to the rails, and wherein the bridge plate shall be provided with means through the medium of which its inner longitudinal edge may, after its application to the high rail of a curve be brought into alinement with the gage side of the rail.

The invention is hereinafter more fully decompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating the manner in which the invention is adapted to be applied to an old rail to prevent battering of the end of the new rail;

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the part shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a view partly in side elevation .5

and partly in vertical section illustrating the application of the tread shim to the bridge plate;

Figure 5 is a sectional view illustrating the manner in which shims may be employed in connection with the atta-chng means for the bridge plate;

Figure 6 is a plan view of one of the shims, and

Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of a slightly modified form of the bridge plate.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates an old rail and 2 a new rail of a railway being equipped with new rails, and 3 designates the inner and 4 the outer splice bar of the joint by which the rails are connected. It is the practice, while a railway is being equipped with new rails, to connect the adjacent new and old rails so as to permit the passage of a train. As the new rail is higher than the old rail, the train will, in passing from one of the rails to the'other, batter down that end of the new rail that is connected to the old rail. I

To preventthe battering of the end of the new rail, 1 have provided a bridge plate which i'sa'rranged upon the tread of the old rail 1 with an end thereof in contact with that portion of the end of the new rail 2' that extends above the tread of the old rail.

The brid 'e )late 5 is rovided with a horia: l P

zontal tread portion 6 which is arranged in alineinent with the tread of thenew rail 2,

and it is provided with an inclined tread por tion 7 which slopes downwardly from the jherizontal tread portion to the tread ot the old ra l 1-, thetreadport ons being equal in width to the treads ottherails. The bridge plate is provided along its outer longitudinal edge j with a depending flange 8 which contacts with the outer side otthe head of the old rail 1 I I The bridge plate 5 is adapted to be secured to the outer splice bar labymeans which cor-nprises a lower angle bar 9 and an upper angle bar 10. The angle bar presents a horizontal flange 11-, and'a vertical flange 12. -The flange is secured-to the splice bar by thein'terniediate or central bolts 13 015 the joint, and the flangel l extends outwardly from the-upper edge of the flange 12; The angle bar presents a horizontal flange 14 which rests upon the horizontal flange 11 of the angle bar 9, and it presents a vertical i flange 15' which extends upwardl-ytrom the order to ailine the inner edge ofthe bridge vp'late with' the gage sides of the headsrot the rails. Theflange 11 is greater in length than theflange 1a, and is provided with two of Y the-openings-:18 so as-to permit the bridge plate a robe arrangedat either side of the a transverse center oi' the joint, the position of the bridge plate depending upon which side of said center theiold rail is located.

hen two of the bridge plates are to'be .used, they will be inade'in rights and lefts,

that is to say, 'o'n'e'wi'l'l be made forthe old andnew rails at one. side of the track, as

shnwn inFi'gures 1 toe, and the other for the old and new rails at the other sideot the-track, as inFigure '7. Due tot-he .increased "length thereof, the lower anglebars torthe bridge plates will not'haveto be made in rights and lefts,owi-ng to the fact that the upper angle bars,'that will be secured to both 'ot'the bridge plates-,'ma'ybe arranged upon and secured to either end portion of the lower angle bars.

in securing the lower angle bar to the joint, the intermediate bolts 18 of the joint will be arranged with their heads outermost and in contact with the outer surface of the flange l2 of the angle bar.-

7 When the bridge plate 5 is arranged upon the worn rail 1, the horizontal flange 14 of the angle bar .10v should rest fully upon ;the horizontal flange 11 ot' the angle bar 9. In the event, however, that the distance between the uppersurtaceofthe-worn rail 1 and the horizontal flange 11 is such that the horizontal flange 14 will not contact with the horizontal flange 11,. the angle bar 10 iszsupported from the: angle bar 9 through the medium of a shim 20 which is :arranged'be tween the flanges ll and 14 andiisnprovided with a slot 21 forv the reception ofthe bolt 17. a

It the old rail is worn to such-extent that the horizontal tread portion'6'of thebridge plate/5 occupies a plane below the tread of th-enewraiha' shim 22. is arranged upon the bridge plate so as to provid'ethe bridge plate with a horizontal tread portion alined with the tread of the new-rail. [The shi1n'22 is similar in longitudinalv section to the upper surfaces of the bridge plate 5, and its horizontal tread portion 23' overlies the horizontal tread portion 6 of the bridge plate, and its'inclined tread portion 24 overlies the inclined tread portion 7 of the bridge plate.

The shim 22 is provided; at'fthe outerje'dge of its tread portion 23 with a: depending flange 25 through theniediumof which it is secured to the bridge plate 5. "The flange 25 is provided with slots '26 whichreceivethe cap screws-16, and it'i's clampedagainstthe fian e15 of the angle barlOj by the headset the cap screws. 7

The bridge plate flange 8 is provided with a capscrew 27 near the inner orjfree edge of the head portion 7 of the brid'geplatei This screw is used for the purpose of alining'the inner edge of the bridgeplate 5 with the gage side of the old high rail of a curve which, due to the wear thereof has afnarrow head. The 'cjapscrew '27" contacts with the outer side of the head of the rail-and byturning it, the inner edge of the bridge plate 5 may be brought into a li'neinent with the gage side of the head, the cap screw being secured in adjusted position by a jam nut '28. i

It should be apparent'from the foregoing description, taken in connection-with the accompanying drawings,' that the bridgeplate 5 is adaptedto carry the wheasjsr a train from an old rail tea newrail orsfrom a. new

rail to anold'r'ail in a manner to prevent the battering of the end o'f thenewrail." It

should also be understood that theanglebars 9 and 10'secu-re the bridge plateb to the outer splice bar 4 in a manner to hold the. bridge plate firmly in position upon the old "rail, and

that as they are located outwardly of the rails, they are not in the path of the wheels of the train.

It will be also understood that a firm connection between the angle bars 9 and 10 may be established, when the oil rail is of such height as to support the horizontal flange lat of the anglebar 10 above the horizontal flange 11 of the angle bar 9, through the medium of the shim 20, that the thickness of the bridge plate may be increased, when the old rail is so worn as to position the horizontal tread surface 6 of the bridge plate below the new rail through the medium of the shim 22, that any desired number of shims of different thicknesses may be used in connection with the invention, and that the shims may be easily and quickly applied.

It should be still further understood that two of the bridge plates, one having its inclined tread portion extending to the left of its horizontal head portion and the other having its inclined tread portion extending to the right of its horizontal tread portion, will enable the new rails to be laid in four different directions, and that either of the bridge plates may be used in connection with the angle bars 9 and 10.

lVhile I have described the principle of the invention, together with the structure which I now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illust-rative and that such changes may be u made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim 1. A device for preventing the battering of the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to extend from said horizontal tread portion to the tread of the old rail, and means adapted to secure thetread plate upon the old rail.

2. A device for preventing the battering of the-end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to extend from said horizontal tread portion to the tread of the old rail, and means adapted to secure the tread plate to the rails.

3. A device for preventing the battering of the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to extend from said horizontal tread portion to the "tread'of the old rail, a member secured to the tread plate, a member adapted to be secured to the rails, and means connecting the members for relative vertlcal ad ustment.

4. A device for preventing the battering of 7 the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and havof the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to tend from said horizontal tread portion to the tread of the old rail, a downwardly extending flange at the outer edge of the trea d plate and adapted to contact with the outer side of the head of the oil rail, and means adapted to secure the tread plate to the old rail.

6. A device for preventing the battering of the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a sloping tread portion adaptedto extend from said horizontal tread portion to the tread of the old rail, a flange extendin downwardly from the outer edge of the tread plate and adapted to contact with the outer side of the head of the end rail, a tread plate adjusting screw carried by the flange and adapted to contact with the outer side of the old rail. and means adapted to secure the tread plate to the rails.

7. A device for preventing the battering of the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, comprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread of the new rail and having a slop- 1ng tread portion adapted to extend from said horizontal tread portion to the tread of the old rail, a shim'similar in longitudinal section to the upper surface of the tread plate and adapted to be arranged upon the tread plate to increase the thickness thereof, means securing the shim to the tread plate, and

means adapted to secure the tread plate to the rails.

8. A device for preventing the battering of the end of a new rail joined to an old rail, con'iprising a bridge plate adapted to be arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to tend from said horizontal t-readportion tothe ,aline Withthe tread of the newrail and having a. eloping. tread portion. adapted to. extend from said horizontal tread portion to the trend of the, old raiha ineinbensecnred to the 5 tread platefla-nd having a horizontal flange,

1 member adapted to be secured to therai'ls end having a horizontal flange underlying said first horizontaliflange, and means connecting said flange to permit. the tread plate to be adjusted transversely with reepect to therails. i

'9. A device for preventingthe battering of the end eta-new rail joined to an old rail, comprising abridge plate adapted to; be, arranged upon the old rail, the bridge plate h aving a horizontal tread portion. adapted to aline Wit-h thetread of the newrail. and having a sloping tread portionadapted tOf- QX- tend from said horizontal? tread portion to the tread of the oldirra-il, arnembier secured t0 V p .the tread plate. and having a horizontaliflange, a lnemberadapted to befisecured toythe rails and having a horizontal fian-ge'und'erlying said first horizontal flange, a shim: arranged betweenithe flanges, and an attaching element passing through thefianges and shim.

10.; A device for preventingflthe battering 0t, the-end of a newrail joinedtoan 'oldra-il,

comprising a bridge plate adapted to be ar-' ranged npon the,-old,rai1, the-bridge plate having a horizontal tread portion adapted to aline with the tread ot the: new rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to eX- tread of the 01d 1t1il, itIDHIDbQDSQCUBGd-tO-the tread plate and having athorizontal flange, a memberndapted to be secured toftherails and having a horizontal flange underlying and longer than said first) flange aid second horizontal flange being providedwith relatively spaced i openings, and: an attachinggelement passing through said-first horizentallfiange and adapted to be engaged Withone ofnthe openings of saidsecond horizontal. flange.

splicebarsholted to the rails, a bridge plate adanted tok be arranged upon the oldraihthe bridge platehaving a horizontal tread )ortion adapted tea-line With thE" tread oft-he vnew rail and having a sloping tread portion adapted to incline from said: horizontal tread-portionto the tread of the old. rail, a 7 member secured to the outersideoii thetread plate, a'second member secured to the outer splicebar, and an attaching elementengagingsaid members. i 1 V in-testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 7

- JUNIUS E. BUSB Y.

11. In combination, new and lold rails,.' 

